No+Country+for+Old+Men

Class Notes 10/22 (recorded by Ryne Higgins):

- Movie closely follows book - Plot
 * o Three main characters
 * § Anton Chigurh
 * § Sherriff Bell
 * § Llewellyn Moss
 * They almost never interact with each other at the same time
 * o They only almost meet each other for brief moments in time
 * The sheriff isn’t even introduced until 20 minutes into the movie
 * o Not like other movies
 * § It doesn’t end the way that most people expect or want to
 * § The sheriff doesn’t catch Chigurh or even pursue him
 * He ends up retiring
 * § The bad guy gets away and the good guy dies
 * Llewellyn doesn’t even get killed by Chigurh
 * o Sherriff Returning to the Crime Scene possibilities
 * § The sheriff anticipating/thinking/imagining what he is going to do if Chigurh or anyone else is on the other side of the door
 * § Chigurh could have been there earlier than the sheriff
 * The dime and the vent
 * § Chigurh could have still been there
 * Behind the door?
 * § Why did they show the window and the lock?
 * Chigurh could have escaped through the window, but it’s not likely because the window is still locked
 * § Chigurh could have been a ghost
 * Sheriff says he’s a ghost
 * He asks the nameless accountant if he sees him
 * The gas station scene
 * § Chigurh could have been hiding somewhere else in the room
 * § Chigurh could have been laying down:
 * On the floor
 * Under the curtains
 * Under the bed
 * In the closet
 * o Use of money in the movie
 * § The drug money
 * § The money for the beer and the shirt for Llewellyn
 * § The dime with the vent
 * § The quarters in the coin toss
 * § The money for the boy’s shirt

Class Notes 10/24 (recorded by Sami Hanley):

- Read an excerpt from the novel //No Country for Old Men// - Possible words of the day: Backsassin, yonder - Is the world getting better, worse, or staying the same? - Things are both good and bad - Are things the same as they’ve always been? - //Man on Wire// – movie suggestion - Coin toss scene with Carla Jeane - What do we like about sleeping?
 * o The writer is using the other person’s argument to prove a point
 * o What the movie argues
 * § The sheriffs decision to retire – world is getting worse
 * § “Green hair and bones through their noses” – worse
 * “When you stop hearing sir and mam”
 * Do people now a days say please and thank you?
 * § Bad guy gets away with it – worse
 * o What the world argues
 * § Bad
 * Do people know their neighbors now a days?
 * Higher crime rates?
 * War, civilians being effected by war
 * Adolescent suicide
 * Negative interaction with people
 * Drugs
 * Lack of communication
 * § Good
 * Technology
 * Medicine
 * Education
 * Rise in discovery
 * Globalization
 * Rise of environmental movement
 * Tolerance
 * o //Lottery// – by Shirley Jackson
 * o Fate
 * o Decision not to call the coin flip
 * o Bravery
 * o Does she die because of her belief?
 * o Relaxing
 * o Thinking before bed
 * o Not having to do anything
 * o Not having to make decisions